Yes, Apple Did Buy the iCloud.com Domain — Apple has indeed acquired the domain name iCloud.com from Sweden-based hybrid cloud computing outfit Xcerion. Sources in position to know confirm that Apple bought the domain as GigaOm first reported Thursday, though they declined to say whether …

Hackers Claim to Have PlayStation Users' Card Data — Security researchers said Thursday that they had seen discussions on underground Internet forums indicating that the hackers who infiltrated the Sony PlayStation Network last week may have made off with the credit card numbers of Sony customers.

Congress Has Questions for Sony About Attack — A House of Representatives subcommittee sent a letter to Sony on Friday asking for information about the attack on the Sony Playstation Network by hackers last week. The gaming network has 77 million registered users.

Bank Lets Customers Pay Friends By Bumping iPhones — ING Direct customers can now transfer payments to friends with the bump of a cellphone — no account numbers needed. — The bank released an updated version of its iPhone app [iTunes link] on Wednesday morning that integrates an API …

That's what she said: Software that tells dirty jokes — Double entendres have been making us laugh since the days of Chaucer and Shakespeare, but up until now computers weren't in on the joke. Chloé Kiddon and Yuriy Brun, two computer scientists at the University of Washington …

Some More On The Nokia Microsoft Partnership — Nokia Ääni blog, which is the Finnish equivalent of the Nokia Conversations blog, has just released in the past few days some interesting material regarding the Nokia Microsoft Partnership. The information trickles from a video …

ITC judge rules against Elan in fight with Apple — (Reuters) - A judge at a U.S. trade panel ruled for Apple Inc in a patent fight with Elan Microelectronics Corp, the ITC said on Friday. — The full International Trade Commission must now rule on whether to accept or reject the decision of its administrative law judge.

Billboards suck. Promote your company's jobs on Techmeme! — As you might have noticed, a hiring boom is underway in tech, leading to ballooning salaries, aggressive recruiting tactics, and finally, billboards. [1, 2] Yes, billboards along Bay Area highways now pitch jobs to the small fraction …

Twitter Introduces Text Ads — Twitter is experimenting with sponsored text-ads on their website that show-up just after the “trends” section. The first round of text-ads mainly promoted Twitter apps and other services built around the Twitter ecosystem but that is no longer the case.